Last night, a school night, my 11-year-old son's baseball team played a game that lasted until 9:30. By the time we got home and he had a quick dinner and shower, it was 10:30-an hour and a half later than a child who gets up at 6:30 should be going to bed. We love baseball. My son is having fun, getting exercise, and learning patience, teamwork and sports spirit. But the truth is that the game also influences his sleep.
As parents, we want good things for our children. We want them to be healthy both in body and in mind. To this end , we look for ways to help our kids grow and develop. We help them with their homework. We sign them up for dance, soccer and baseball. We encourage our kids to take honors courses（培优课程）or to have after-school jobs. And we praise them for hard-earned success and achievements.
However, the irony is that all of these activities and responsibilities that we are giving our children to make their lives colorful could be badly influencing their health and taking happiness away. Activities, responsibilities, and goals are good. But if we want our kids to realize their full physical, learning and social ability, sleep is important. We have to start taking sleep seriously.
Parents make bedtime routines and carry out（执行）strict rules about nighttime. But in fact, these measures（措施）aren't enough because getting our kids, enough sleep isn't just about carrying out stricter bedtime. It actually requires more than that. In order to ensure our kids get the sleep they need, bout parents and schools should make an effort.
1.From the passage we know the writer's son ________
A.isn't good at sports B.wastes time every night
C.can't get enough sleep D.always hangs out with friends
2.What does the underlined word "irony" mean in Chinese?
A.光荣 B.骄傲 C.讽刺 D.公正
3.What does the writer think of taking honors courses at last?
A.Boring. B.Unnecessary. C.Interesting. D.Enjoyable.
4.How can we make sure kids get enough sleep according to the write?
A.By making the children's lives colorful.
B.By refusing all the after-school activities.
C.By carrying out strict rules about bedtime.
D.By making an effort from parents and schools.
5.What would the writer probably talk about in the following paragraph?
A.Advice on how to sleep well. B.Ways of changing kids’ education.
C.The importance of sleeping well. D.Measures parents and schools should take
“Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher(哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets(预算).
For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired(解雇)over 1,000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.
However, learning music is beneficial(有益的)in many ways.
When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode(解码)them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.
Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.
1.Some schools in the US cut music classes, because ______.
A. students in the US weren’t interested in music B. they were too difficult to learn
C. there weren’t enough music teachers in the US D. the schools wanted to control budgets
2.In Paragraph 2,what does the underlined word “them” refer to(指代)?
A. Public schools. B. Fired teachers. C. Parents in Chicago. D. Students in Chicago.
3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?
A. Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.
B. Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.
C. Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.
D. Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.
4.How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
5.What’s the writer’s opinion according to this passage?
A. Music is as simple as it looks. B. Music classes should be cut in some schools.
C. Music is a big part of our lives. D. Music isn’t a very important life skill for us.
Searching for parking spaces has long been a headache for many office workers in many big cities of China, especially for those working in central business districts. Parking near their companies for five days a week could cost them a lot of money. At the same time, even with prices for parking lots in residential areas(居民区) rising, most of their spaces remain idle during workdays. Now a new form of sharing economy has appeared in China—the shared parking space. It has become a huge market in some big cities.
In Qingdao, a coastal(海岸的) city in Shangdong, up to 10,000 personal parking spaces have been turned into shared ones with the help of “Airparking”, an online shared parking platform developed by a network company from Guangzhou.
Through a special app, users can either share or order a parking place. Owners who have idle parking spaces can share some information, including the parking position, license number and time limit(限制) on the platform. With the information, users can easily find the nearest place to park. The average (平均的) parking cost for shared parking is 4 yuan each hour, almost the same as the service cost in traditional parking spaces.
Qingdao is one of the Chinese cities that encourage shared parking. Some other big cites, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hefei, have also begun to try this idea. The Shanghai government, for example, has set up more than 6,500 shared parking spaces to encourage the public to use. Shared parking will be more and more helpful to the drivers.
1.In the first paragraph, the writer points out that________.
A.we should find a good way to use parking spaces in big cities
B.prices of parking spaces are rising quickly in China
C.it’s difficult to find parking space in central business districts
D.many people want to find parking spaces in residential areas during workdays
2.The underlined word idle probably means ________ in Chinese in this passage.
A.无所事事的 B.停顿的 C.闲置的 D.懒惰的
3.If you want to use shared parking in Qingdao, you should________.
A.love the city B.use a special app
C.have an idle parking space D.share your personal information
4.How much should you pay if you use a shared parking space for 5 hours in Qingdao?
A.15 yuan. B.20yuan. C.25yuan. D.30yuan.
5.The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.
A.it’s hard to find parking spaces in residential areas during workdays
B.Qingdao has fewer shared parking spaces than Shanghai
C.shared parking will probably become more and more popular
D.shared parking is more expensive than traditional parking service
A truck is running across the Steel Bridge. David Fisher and Anna, his 3-year-old dog, are sitting quietly in the truck. This evening’s work has been ___________. They collected two bags of garbage.
Since three years ago, Fisher has been doing the___________ thing. Every evening after work he drives back home to meet Anna and then to the Willamette River. The thing they want to get is __________ instead of fish.
“Collecting is always good,” Fisher always says with a big smile when he___________ garbage on a beach. At the same time, Anna plays nearby. Sometimes Anna brings Fisher some old cans or bottles, __________ its owner’s high praise.
“I can work with Anna on a beach for many hours at weekends. It’s very __________ !” Fisher says happily.
Fisher thinks small changes can make a big __________. Since he started picking up garbage, he has been more careful to put empty bottles into his pocket, collect the cans that others throw away __________ recycle everything he can.
Fisher has___________ not only himself but also others. Once, a family with two little girls were playing one the beach where Fisher was collecting garbage. After seeing what Fisher was doing, the two girl __________ to help him pick up garbage. Fisher has actually done a lot to protect the environment.
1.A.started B.shown C.left D.finished
2.A.same B.common C.boring D.terrible
3.A.money B.fish C.garbage D.clothes
4.A.gives up B.picks up C.puts up D.sets up
5.A.winning B.remembering C.refusing D.keeping
6.A.tired B.annoying C.relaxing D.sad
7.A.problem B.trouble C.invention D.difference
8.A.but B.and C.however D.so
9.A.hurt B.trained C.bothered D.changed
10.A.stopped B.forgot C.dreamed D.continued
—May I pay the bill through Alipay?
—________. Please scan the QR code on the desk.
A.I’m afraid not B.Of course you can
C.I’d like to D.Never mind
Great changes have taken place in our city in the past ten years. Everything ________comes into sight is so new to me.
A.that B.which C.who D./
